...Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville Translator – Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ... Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...opened chances of success to talent; science became a means of government, intelligence led to social power, and the man of letters took a part in the... ...property is divided, power is held in common, the light 19 Tocqueville of intelligence spreads, and the capacities of all classes are equally cultiva... ...f the great people to whom the future control of the continent belongs are gathering almost in secrecy together. When the Europeans first landed on th... ...f the great people to whom the future control of the continent belongs are gathering almost in secrecy together. When the Europeans first landed on th... ...of self-denial. By itself it cannot suffice to make a man virtuous, but it disciplines a number of citi- zens in habits of regularity, temperance, mod... ...which makes the Americans so methodical; it per- turbs their minds, but it disciplines their lives. The remark I here apply to America may indeed be a...